Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Fruit Makes Anything Better

When my daughter texted me on Friday afternoon to ask if it was okay to come over for dinner, I had to do a quick adjustment of dinner plans. I wasn't really in the mood for salmon, but it was the one thing I had plenty of in the freezer that I know she eats.

She's pretty predictable. Her salmon is paired with buttered penne. I didn't want that.
Since I'd been planning on shrimp with pineapple before her text, I figured I'd just try the pineapple on the salmon. (Confession: I'm not really a fan of the taste of plain salmon.)

But when I opened the freezer, I saw the nearly empty bag of frozen blueberries. I've been craving blueberries.

And then there was that bag of frozen peaches I bought because I was reading Linda Goodnight's Honey Ridge series set at the Peach Orchard Inn (And thus was craving all things peaches).

(Quick plug for these books because I've been loving this series SO much.)

See how easily I get distracted? That's because I'd rather be reading than cooking.

But back to dinner -

I decided to toss all three fruits together with a smidgen of water and simmer.

Brilliant idea if I do say so myself!

I'd made rice for my husband's cod (Not enough of that for daughter.) so I placed rice on the plate, sat the poached salmon on top, and drowned the whole thing in warm fruit sauce.

Just the thing for this under-the-weather author! The warm fruit was soothing to my throat and the mix blended perfectly with the salmon.

Hmm...Fruit on my salmon? I'm not sure how I feel about that Mary Cate. The closest I get to fruit with my salmon is lemon pepper. And that I do love. But the important thing is that I'm eating my salmon, right? It's my go-to for quick dinners.

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